power. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s money coming in. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic. except for the fact there are several hundred thousand people living here. detroit, 2013. charlie is a writer, journalist, television reporter. he grew up here. it used to be 2 million
george in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular popups here at guns and butter. tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. do you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general? yeah. what s that? you know, you got liquor, you got cigarettes, you got coffee. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a pulitzer prize. but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say that cheese? lacking. simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a generous helping of smelt roe on top? egg with eggs? yes, please. he scarves his like he s at ruby tuesday s. you ve got all these kids. they re flooding into detroit. which is good. how is that going to play out? will there be political
after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular popups here at guns and butter. tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. do you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general? yeah. what s that? you got liquor, you got cigarettes, you got coffee. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a pulitzer prize. but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say that cheese? lacking. simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a generous helping of smelt roe on top? egg with eggs? yes, please. he scarves his like he s at ruby tuesday s. you ve got all these kids. they re flooding into detroit.
that detroit is indeed a great city and that it is worth saving. as utterly screwed as detroit may be, you have to be a twisted, unpatriotic freak to not believe that. behold the future. what, like cooking in a back alley? yes. all right. chef craig lightfield has done what many would call a very unwise thing. after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular popups here at guns and butter. tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. do you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general? yeah. what s that? you got liquor, you got cigarettes, you got coffee. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a
manhattan, instead of staying where the money and arguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular pop ups here at guns and butter, tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general. yeah. what s that? you got liquor, got cigarettes, got coffee. all of that. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a pulitzer prize. but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say lacking. is that cheese? simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a smeltering of egg on top? he does these like he s at ruby tuesdays. how is that going to play out? will there be political